Turkish Delegation Plan Two New Factories in Baghdad

A U.S.-Turkish delegation met the Chairman of the Baghdad Investment Commission on Wednesday to discuss the establishment of two factories for gypsum and Pepsi, according to a statement of the BIC.

“The BIC Chairman, Shaker al-Zamel [Shaker A. Shibeeb], received a delegation from a U.S.-Turkish company to set up two factories to produce gypsum and Pepsi,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The delegation needs 64 donums [16 hectares] to implement the project and to establish a residential compound for the engineers who will work on the project,” it added.